Living In a Prayer - Greg Brown

Everybody looks like someone i just saw five minutes ago

If i looked too far in the mirror i know i’d have to run

From copper harbour way down to acapulco

Where the sun shines on the moon & the moon gives it back to everyone

I’m living in a prayer

Every time i turn around some ghost wants to buy me a beer

Feel like i’m living in a trashy novel where plot’s the only thing

The fire’s out the smoke has blown but still nothing is clear

I could swear it’s a summer day but then why am i freezing

I should be there

Why god let us meet at this time i have no idea

Maybe i have paid for my sins by now or i don’t have long to live

The meadowlark’s song in the evening is not as sweet as the one you sing to me

I will dig deep in my pockets

See what boyhood treasures i can give

You should be here

I should be there

Long as i’m in your heart

I’m living in a prayer